Wow now that’s a very had one to get if you need all 60 of them though 30 of them would be good enough for that award and it’s so hard to get them to confirm then on qrz just hope you my think about 50% is enough but all of them wow .
HELLO QRZ STAFF, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS NEW AWARD AVAILABLE. ======= THREE CHEERS FOR DRADLES AND SANTA .
60 DXCC is completely unrealistic, some areas are not inhabited at all! I see a logical but still difficult to achieve size of 25 - 30 dxcc for Oceania DL1DV
From 1993 i have worked 60, only 10 confirmed, the other 50 don't use QRZ log . I have some QSL cards, they are no good for these awards. 73 Peter.
This will be the most challenging award (except for maybe Africa). ==> Long distances, 5000 miles (8000 km) minimum and low population density, many sparsely populated islands. Some suggestions: 1) Go for the "low hanging fruit" first: e.g. Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii 2) Work the easier countries on multi-band: e.g. Australia on 80/40/30/20/17/15 meters counts as 6 credits 3) Use wild cards: United Nations and ITU Geneva. These count towards Oceania credits even though they are in Europe and North America 4) Keep a lookout out for DXpedition operators: e.g. Fiji, French Polynesia, etc. I thought I would never get the Asia award, but after 6 months of persistence I succeeded. The fun begins with Oceania now.
I only have 20 unique Oceania DXCC entries confirmed including the United Nations and qualified for the award. It's not as difficult as it might appear.
Awards or recognition are good when they are difficult to obtain. I started in HF 5 years ago, I have no beam on the roof, only a 9m vertical mounted on the ground in the yard and an endfed 7m above the ground. Yet I have reached 180 DXCCs with just 100W and am as determined and tenacious as a mastiff dog to reach the top. .... Because it is difficult ..... NOT because it is easy.
